CLASS XV. 



SIX STAMINA, 4 LONG AND 2 SHORT. 



This Class has tzco Orders. 



The Orders of this Class, like the former, are 

 named after the manner of producing their seeds. The 

 first Order has its seeds in a short or roundish pod, or 

 pouch. The second Order has its seeds contained in 

 a very long pod. 



All the plants of this Class possess similar virtues ; 

 they are termed acrid and antiscorbutic in their raw 

 state, as Mustard and Water- cress ; when cultivated 

 and boiled, they become a mild wholesome food, as 

 Cabbage, Turnip, &c. 



The flowers of this tribe of plants are called cru- 

 ciformed, from their having four petals, which make a 

 fanciful resemblance to a Greek cross. 



BITTER CANDY-TUFT is an annual plant, order i. 

 and grows wild in great plenty in Buckingham- short Poa. 

 shire. It blossoms in July, and the whole herb is 

 nauseously bitter. 



CORAL-WORT is a rare plant, blossoms early order i. 

 in May, and is found wild in few parts of England; *Jf *»fcta. B 

 it grows in Buckinghamshire in shady places. In the 

 bosom of most of the leaves stands a solitary bud, oc 



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